Mahmood Kalantar is charged in an April 5 incident

GLOUCESTER — The trial of a Gloucester professor and business owner accused of rape is now in the hands of the jury.

Mahmood Kalantar, 56, of the 8000 block of Founders Mill Way, faces a felony charge of rape. Kalantar was indicted on May 2 by a Gloucester County grand jury on one count of felony rape. He was arrested on May 3.

The jury trial started Tuesday when the 33-year-old female victim of the alleged assault spoke of the incident in graphic detail, along with the aftermath of reporting it to school officials and county police.

Before breaking for lunch Tuesday, defense attorney Devin Hensley was attempting to discredit her story by revealing phone records that might contradict the victim's testimony.

After lunch, school officials and nurses at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, where the post-incident medical exam took place, gave testimonies.

For the defense's case after the prosecution rested, it was about poking holes in the victim's story. Hensley brought in an expert witness from Maryland, who stated that the victim's injuries could have been caused by other reasons aside from force.

Character witnesses also testified Wednesday for Kalantar, stating his generosity to those in need.

In closing arguments Wednesday, Hicks impressed upon the jury the alleged victim's reactions during her testimony.

"That emotion cannot be faked," he said. "Something happened to her to change her."

Hensley wanted the jury to see inconsistencies in the victim's story.

"Please listen to what's no there," he said. "In the end, it's her story — and it's not enough."

Kalantar, who did not testify Tuesday or Wednesday, taught as an associate professor of engineering technology at Rappahannock Community College's Glenns campus in Gloucester. He also owns the Village Lanes bowling alley and Hillside Cinema in Gloucester.

The charge stems from an incident that occurred around 8:15 p.m. on April 5, during which Kalantar was showing a rental property he owned in the 15000 block of George Washington Memorial Highway in Saluda to a woman, according to a search warrant filed May 3 in Gloucester Circuit Court.

According to the search warrant, when the woman tried to leave, she was grabbed, thrown to the floor and sexually assaulted while she struggled and told her assailant, "No."

The victim reported the assault to the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office on April 8, according to the warrant.

The victim reported the assault to the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office on April 8 and submitted to a medical examination, according to the warrant.

The search warrant sought a sample of Kalantar's DNA through a cheek swab.